PENGUINS RUMORS & GOSSIP

Evgeni Malkin’ turned 29 on July 31st and he had quite the memorable birthday party. The Pittsburgh Penguins play an enormous role in Malkin’s life and what better way to honor that and celebrate a birthday than by having some real penguins join in on the fun?
A photo posted by Alexey (@alexey085) on Jul 31, 2015 at 10:58am PDT
The post Evgeni Malkin had...

Here is what you might have missed with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the NHL and Erreything else. It’s more fun than guessing if its King of the Hill or the Boston Bruins
Bill would be a good coach.
THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
– Feel good about the Penguins?? Today might just ruin all of that.
– There are five problems with the Penguins and here they are.
– Rob Rossi talked Penguins...

If you stopped by the Tim Hortons in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on Monday you received quite a treat. And that was in addition to the iconic franchise's coffee and donuts.
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby and Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon were on hand and surprised customers while shooting a commercial for the chain.
The event brings back memories of one of the...

Jesse took care of the fancy numbers, so I’ll write a bunch of nonsense for those of you that hate fancy numbers:
Just when you thought Jim Rutherford had settled down to binge-watch Murder, She Wrote before training camp, he decided to treat us all to another eye-opening trade
Given to Vancouver
Acquired from Vancouver
Brandon Sutter (1 yr, $3.3 mil)
Nick Bonino (2 yrs, $1.9 mil...

I wrote earlier this month that the Vancouver Canucks have made some puzzling moves so far this offseason. Well, they made another one of those today, acquiring center Brandon Sutter and a third-round pick from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for center Nick Bonino, defenseman Adam Clendening and a second-round pick.
Sutter is a valuable two-way player, who had a career season...

The Penguins' free fall down the standings before stumbling into the 2015 NHL Playoffs is likely the lowest point the franchise has encountered in the six years since winning the Stanley Cup. A quick five games later, and the future looked bleak. The Pens entered the offseason with major depth issues, with a lack of tradeable assets, a relatively barren prospect pool, and a good...

Fehr will be able to take the ice in 4-6 months due to offseason elbow surgery (Kim Klement – USA Today Sports)
The Penguins were busy this afternoon signing free agent Eric Fehr to a 3-year, $6 million deal. Fehr will be sidelined for 4-6 months from the time he received his elbow surgery on June 4. Fehr scored 19 goals and 14 assists in 2014-15 and has proven to be a valuable...

Forward Scott Wilson looks to build off his injury-marred NHL debut and brief stint in the playoffs as a way to make his mark with the Pittsburgh Penguins this season.With superstar Sidney Crosby plagued by a case of the mumps, Wilson logged just 4 minutes, 21 seconds of ice time before suffering a leg injury against the New Jersey Devils on Dec. 2. The 23-year-old Ontario native...

With all the hype of the Kessel trade it's easy to forget about the signing of Sergei Plotnikov for a year and a manageable 925k cap hit. We all immediately penciled him in with Geno, and went back to analyzing Kessel's hot dog intake. Who is Plotnikov exactly, what kind of player is he, how many hot dogs does he eat during the season? Well, let's dig a little and see what we...

Amanda Kessel was forced to call it quits on her college career due to continued post-concussion symptoms from a concussion she suffered over a year ago in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, .Kessel, who is the sister of Pittsburgh Penguins forward Phil Kessel, played three seasons for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers before she used a redshirt to sit out the Olympic season. Her...

(Peter Diana/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
The 2015-16 Penguins are slowly but surely coming back together as restricted free agent Beau Bennett agreed to a one-year deal worth $800,000. That salary is actually lower than the $900,000 he earned in his entry-level contract. Life in the NHL hasn’t been easy for the 23-year-old as he has only played in 96 NHL games despite being with...

Yesterday, before the All-Star Game, Commissioner Rob Manfred was doing his typical “state of the union” luncheon with the BBWAA. It was pretty much all the standard talking points you’d expect from him: fan safety improvements, progress on the pace of play, making instant replay reviews faster and how the league is open to the idea of expansion.
WHAAAAAAAAAA??????...

News has surfaced that the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins are for sale and could relish in an estimated $850 million — a minimum price floor was marked at $700 million, according to the Pittsburgh Business Journal.
To current shareholders of the Penguins, Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle, that figure is in the Goldilocks zone for the organization, in which a deal will be finalized within...

(USATSI)
While it’s only mid-July and things and can change fast, the Pittsburgh Penguins added a candidate for their non-existent fourth-line today. Forward Bobby Farnham signed a one-year deal worth $575,000 at the NHL level. It is a two-way deal so there is a possibility that Farnham will end up in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton again. He tied career highs in the AHL last season with...

Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons’ claim in print last week that former Leafs’ forward Phil Kessel ate a hot dog from the same vendor almost every day has sparked widespread derision, with Keith Olbermann blasting Simmons twice and Pension Plan Puppets exposing how geography made Simmons’ account highly improbable. Simmons initially remained largely silent in the wake...

PITTSBURGH, PA – MARCH 01: Evgeni Malkin #71 of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates his second goal of the game with Patric Hornqvist #72 and Derrick Pouliot #51 during the second period against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Consol Energy Center on March 1, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/NHLI via Getty Images)
The Pittsburgh Penguins made some franchise...

Is it too late to nominate a late entry to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eat contest this weekend? Because Phil Kessel seems like a worthy contender.
The polarizing forward was traded Wednesday from the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Pittsburgh Penguins in what was the biggest move of one of the NHL’s busiest days of the year.
Thus ends Kessel’s contentious time in Toronto where he and...

Well here we are again. It seems like Penguins fans have seen this story before. On the first day of free agency, Pittsburgh makes a big splash in an effort to increase their chances of winning a Stanley Cup for the upcoming season. High profile players have been brought in before to play alongside Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin and it hasn’t worked out. Players such as Marian...

NHL free agency began Wednesday at noon, but it’s a blockbuster trade that has stole the headlines.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded first-line right winger Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins, per Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos.
Sportsnet’s John Shannon reports the Penguins will send forward prospect Kasperi Kapanen, defenseman Scott Harrington and a draft pick to the Leafs...

Marc Antoine Godin of La Presse Tweeted that the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to embrace a youth movement on defense, and won’t bring back free agents Paul Martin or Christian Ehrhoff.
Penguins have decided to go for a full youth movement on defense, won't bring back Martin and Ehrhoff. They'd rather invest on wingers.
— Marc Antoine Godin (@MAGodin) June 11, 2015
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